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Home repair companies in Howard County, TX
How Howard County, TX compares with other counties and the U.S. for home repair companies: competitors, household spending, official counts and growth.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 50 out of 100: Upper middle
Ranked #1,020 of 2,057 scored counties
#72 of 140 scored counties in Texas
- Listings
- 14
- 0 chain locations (0%)
- Official establishments
- 17
- Businesses with payroll, 2023
- Household spending a year
- $34.1M
- On home repairs, maintenance and insurance · $2,794 a household
- Spending per listing
- $2.4M
- In line with the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 11.5
- 7% below the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 30,504
- −12.4% since 2020
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What this means
Households in Howard County spend about $34.1M a year on home repairs, maintenance and insurance, or $2,794 per household, 7% below the U.S. average. Spread across 14 home repair companies, that is $2.4M per company, in line with the U.S. figure of $2.4M.
There are 14 home repair companies on map listings in Howard County as of September 2026. None of them are chain locations, against 4% across the U.S. That comes to 11.5 for every 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 12.4.
Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Howard County in 2023. That is one for every 717 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
Population estimates put the population change in Howard County from 2020 to 2025 at −12.4%, against +3.1% for the U.S. The Groundwork market score for home repair companies in Howard County is 50 (upper middle), #1,020 of 2,057 scored counties and #72 of 140 scored counties in Texas.
How Howard County compares
The same measures for Texas and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all home repairs, maintenance and insurance by the home repair companies counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.
| Measure | Howard County | Texas | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 11.5 | 15.2 | 12.4 |
| Spending per listing | $2.4M | $2M | $2.4M |
| Households per official establishment | 717 | 627 | 587 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | n/a | +16.3% | +9.6% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | −12.4% | +8.5% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on home repairs, maintenance and insurance | $2,794 | $3,015 | $3,018 |
| Median household income | $69,649 | $78,476 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 50 | 55 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 13 → 17
- Employees, 2023
- 115
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $10.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- Not publishedNot published for this business type
- Map listings, September 2026
- 140 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 14The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 0
- Amount
- $0
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in Howard County, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in Howard County
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 30,504−12.4% since 2020
- Households
- 12,191
- Median age
- 37.9
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 70%
- Vehicles per household
- 1.8
- Land area
- 901 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 36
- Median household income
- $69,649+28.5% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $90,688
- Median home value
- $155,600
- Jobs located here
- 11,735
- Daytime population
- 29,322Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Top counties in Texas
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Spending per listing | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Chambers County, TX | 95 | 14 | 8.1 | $4.1M | +22.6% | #1 of 2,057 |
| 2Travis County, TX | 79 | 688 | 11.8 | $2.9M | +7.2% | #59 of 2,057 |
| 3Atascosa County, TX | 77 | 10 | 6.0 | $4.5M | +8.7% | #80 of 2,057 |
| 4Denton County, TX | 76 | 535 | 14.8 | $2.4M | +16.9% | #94 of 2,057 |
| 5Fort Bend County, TX | 76 | 454 | 15.5 | $2.3M | +17.4% | #95 of 2,057 |
| 6Coryell County, TX | 75 | 21 | 7.8 | $3.5M | +3.0% | #101 of 2,057 |
| 7Caldwell County, TX | 73 | 13 | 7.8 | $3.5M | +20.0% | #139 of 2,057 |
| 8San Jacinto County, TX | 73 | 9 | 8.3 | $3.2M | +7.1% | #142 of 2,057 |
| 9San Patricio County, TX | 73 | 24 | 9.5 | $2.9M | +4.7% | #146 of 2,057 |
| 10Panola County, TX | 71 | 7 | 7.9 | $3.5M | +2.3% | #179 of 2,057 |
| 72Howard County, TX | 50 | 14 | 11.5 | $2.4M | −12.4% | #1,020 of 2,057 |
Other business types in Howard County
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
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Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many home repair companies are in Howard County, TX?
As of September 2026, map listings count 14 home repair companies in Howard County. None of them are chain locations. The listings count HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing and gutter companies. Official counts show 17 businesses with payroll classed as plumbing, HVAC, electrical and roofing contractors in 2023.
How much do households in Howard County, TX spend on home repairs, maintenance and insurance?
About $34.1M a year, or $2,794 per household. That is 7% below the U.S. average (an index of 93, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 14 home repair companies on map listings, it comes to $2.4M per company. It is estimated from the incomes of the 12,191 households in Howard County and national spending patterns by income.
How does Howard County, TX compare with the U.S. for home repair companies?
Howard County has 11.5 home repair companies per 10,000 households, 7% below the U.S. rate of 12.4. Spending per company is $2.4M, in line with the U.S. figure of $2.4M. The count on map listings matches the U.S. ratio of home repair companies to household spending. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 717 households, against one for every 587 across the U.S.
How fast is Howard County, TX growing?
Population estimates put Howard County at 30,504 people in 2025, down 12.4% since 2020, against +3.1% for the U.S. It has 12,191 households. The median household income in Howard County is $69,649 a year, 14% below the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 28.5% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. Howard County scores 50 for home repair companies (upper middle), #1,020 of 2,057 scored counties.
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